Church Schools: Admissions

(asked on 27th June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the admissions criteria adopted by Catholic state-funded schools.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 4th July 2017

The Department does not have a separate policy on Catholic state-funded school admissions. All state funded schools are required to comply with the provisions of the School Admissions Code which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code--2, and the law on admissions (Part III of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998). The Equality Act 2010 permits schools that are designated with a religious character to prioritise faith applicants in their admission policies.

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